Ephéméride du Lundi 14 Avril 2008

1912 - Naissance de Robert Doisneau, photographe.

1928 - Richard Alsup, guitarist, made his debut appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.

1932 - D. L. Menard, Cajun singer, songwriter, and guitarist, born Erath, Louisiana. Richard was presented with the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1994.

1935 - Loretta Lynn was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Holler, Kentucky. Loretta Webb age 13, and Oliver "Mooney Lynn were married January 10, 1948. Loretta was Billboard's Most Promising Female Singer in 1960. Billboard's Top Female Vocalist 1964. Billboard Female Country Vocalist of the Year 1967. CMA Female Vocalist of the Year 1967. National Association of Record Manufactures Female Country Vocalist of the Year 1968. In 1972, Loretta became the first female artist, to win the CMA Entertainer of the Year Award. CMA Female Vocalist of the Year 1972. CMA Vocal Duo of the Year with Conway Twitty 1972. Named one of Tennessee's top five women in 1972. CMA Vocal Duo of the Year with Conway Twitty 1973. CMA Female Vocalist of the Year 1973. CMA Vocal Duo of the Year with Conway Twitty 1974. Academy of Country Music Top Female Singer, and Top Duet 1974. Music City News Top Female Vocalist 1974. CMA Vocal Duo of the Year with Conway Twitty 1975. Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame 1983. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988. Loretta's autobiography "Coal Miner's Daughter" became a feature film, and won an Oscar for actress, and singer Sissy Spacek. Here's a reminder of the songs that took the coal miner's daughter into the land of country music legends: Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) co-written with her sister Peggy Sue Wells; You Ain't Woman Enough; Fist City; You're Lookin' At Country; Rated X, and more. This quote from Loretta came from her page in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. "I'd say material is 80 percent of a singer's career. You can have a great voice, but you'd also better have a new song that fits your style. And the best way is to write the songs yourself. People forget that I'm a songwriter. They think of me as just a lady up on the stage, with a band backing her up. Well, let me tell you, I've sat in my room all night, scratching out most of my songs..." Loretta, we thank you for everyone of them. There will never be another artist like Loretta Lynn.

1940 - L'actrice Hattie McDaniel est la première Noire à remporter un Oscar pour son rôle de soutien dans AUTANT EN EMPORTE LE VENT.

1944 - Al Dexter' s "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry" topped the charts.

1945 - History was made at the Opry, when a trumpet was played on the show for the first time. Taps was played to honor President Franklin Roosevelt, who had died two days earlier.

1945 - Bob Wills' "Smoke On The Water" topped the country charts.

1951 - Lefty Frizzell' s single "I Want To Be With You Always" charted.

1952 - Mise en ondes de la fréquence télé UHF.

1958 - Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me." climbed the chart to the top, and didn't climb down for 8 weeks.

1960 - Tommy Duncan rejoined Bob Wills in a recording studio.

1962 - Mercury released "She Thinks I Still Care" by George Jones earlier this month, and the single charted today. This was the Possum' s 3rd #1 hit, and is now a Grammy Hall of Fame song.

1962 Jimmy Dean' s single "PT109" charted.

1965 - Sortie en salles du 17e film d'Elvis Presley, GIRL HAPPY

1977 - Vito Pellettieri 1889~1977, age 87, the first stage manager at the Grand Ole Opry, died today. There is no way to overstate the contributions this man made to the success of the Opry.

1978 - The Johnny Cash TV special, "Spring Fever" aired this evening, with guests; Waylon, Jessi, June Carter, and Ray Charles.

1995 - Burl Ives 1909~1995, age 85, died from cancer in 1995. The Grammy winning singer, Oscar winning actor, and author, appeared in dozens of movies, several Broadway plays, and recorded hundreds of songs (mostly folk tunes). Between 1949~1967 Burl charted nine singles on the Country Charts: Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) with Captain Stubby & The Buccaneers; Riders In The Sky; Wild Side Of Life with Grady Martin; A Little Bitty Tear; Funny Way Of Laughin' (Grammy winning single); Call Me Mister In-Between; Mary Ann Regrets; Evil Off My Mind; and Lonesome 7-7203. Burl was cremated, and his ashes were interred next to his mother's grave in Mound Cemetery, Hunt City, Illinois.

1995 - Décès Cheyenne Brandon, fille de l'acteur marlon.

June Carter & Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me


OH LONESOME ME

(Don Gibson)


Everybody's going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me

A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool is blind and just can't see oh lonesome me

I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
She's flirtin' with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me
[ guitar ] Well I'll bet she's not like me...
Well there must be some way...
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me
Oh lonesome me